[This field came into use in UNBIS in January 2006.]

A summary of the essential biographical, historical, or other information about the 1XX heading in an established heading record. Do not place a period at the end of this field unless it ends with an abbreviation, initial, etc.

Subfield Codes

$a - Biographical or historical data (R).
A brief statement providing biographical information about an individual. It may also contain historical or administrative information relating to an organization.
$b - Expansion (NR).
An expansion of the biographical or historical data given in subfield $a.
$u - Uniform resource identifier (R).

Examples:

110 1 _ $a United Kingdom. Foreign and Commonwealth Office
678 2 _ $a Est. Oct. 1968 upon merger of Commonwealth Office and Foreign Office

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